Rand weighed down amid fears

THE RAND ex­tended its losses against the dol­lar yes­ter­day as jit­tery in­vestors sold the cur­rency af­ter a rec­om­men­da­tion by the anti-graft watch­dog to re­move the central bank’s man­date of main­tain­ing cur­rency and price sta­bil­ity.